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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction (2017 Shortlist)

The shortlist for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence
in Fiction was released today. Three
titles are on the list:

Moonglow by
Michael Chabon

A young writer listens in breath-held astonishment as his
ailing grandfather, whose lifelong reticence has been vanquished by strong
painkillers, tells the hidden stories of his hardscrabble boyhood, WWII
military service, obsession with moon missions, and love for a French Holocaust
survivor.

Swing Time by
Zadie Smith

Two "brown girls" growing up in London public
housing share a passion for dance, but follow divergent paths which lead to
adventures in America and Africa, and raise complex questions about family,
friendship, race, creativity, and celebrity.

The Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction was
established in 2012 to recognize the best fiction books for adult readers
published in the U.S. the previous year. The winner will receive a $5,000 cash
award. The winner will be announced
January 22.

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I'm a retired English teacher/teacher-librarian who, after 30 years, left the classroom and became a copyeditor and book reviewer. Reading has always been my passion and now, in our new home, I have, thanks to my husband, the library of my dreams. For many years, before I retired and moved, I belonged to THE Timmins Book Club which is one of the oldest in North America, with minutes dating back to 1938; I submitted an article about us and it was featured on the LitLovers.com website: http://www.litlovers.com/featured-clubs/timmins-book-club. Now I'm trying to start a global book club of sorts with my blog: http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/.